Should I draft Austin Slater or Jake Cave?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Slater or Jake Cave.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

Austin Slater

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SF · CF,RF,LF

COL · LF,RF,1B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.22	-0.49
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	96.00	54.00
AB	204	129
R	29	15
H	51	29
2B	9	7
3B	0	1
HR	6	4
RBI	23	14
SB	6	1
K	63	39
BB	23	13
AVG	.250	.225
OBP	.329	.301
SLG	.382	.388
OPS	.711	.688

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	55.0
AB	82	146
R	12	20
H	17	36
2B	1	5
3B	0	3
HR	1	0
RBI	9	15
SB	2	2
K	28	41
BB	16	12
AVG	.207	.247
OBP	.346	.300
SLG	.256	.322
OPS	.602	.622

Recent News
	Giants' Austin Slater: Sitting down Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Austin Slater: Sitting Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater Re-Sign With Giants Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Austin Slater shines as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 5-3 Published June 20th, 2024 via Yahoo News UK Willie Mays' impact on Bob Melvin, Austin Slater, Heliot Ramos Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Giants' Austin Slater: Gets aboard four times Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Slater shines as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros Published June 13th, 2024 via CW39 Houston Giants activate C Patrick Bailey, place Austin Slater on IL Published June 13th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily	Jake Cave's Extra-Inning Heroics Lift Rockies to Victory Over Brewers Published July 3rd, 2024 via TVovermind Jake Cave's Walk-Off RBI Single Leads Rockies to Victory Published July 2nd, 2024 via Mesabi Tribune Rockies 8, Brewers 7: Jake Cave's single in 10th defeats Milwaukee Published July 1st, 2024 via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bud Black on Jake Cave's walk-off, more \| 07/01/2024 Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Jake Cave hits an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Rockies over the Brewers 8-7 Published July 1st, 2024 via Chron Jake Cave hits an RBI single in 10th inning to lift Rockies over Brewers 8-7 Published July 1st, 2024 via Denver 7 Colorado News Rockies vs. Brewers: Jake Cave's Walk-Off Single Secures Rockies' First Back-to-Back Wins Since May Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Cave's RBI single in 10th inning leads Rockies past Brewers Published July 1st, 2024 via TSN

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